An article by Greg Giroux in today's Roll Call reports that Republicans throughout the country are having remarkable fund-raising success, and Ohio is cited as one of the most dramatic cases in point.
Here's the money quote, so to speak:
One of the biggest partisan imbalances in fundraising is in Ohio, where former Rep. Rob Portman (R) raised about $2.4 million in the quarter — more than four times as much as the $554,000 posted by Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the leading Democrat.
Portman has been able to save his money because he doesn’t face a contested primary. But Fisher must get past Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (D), who is running a sparsely funded campaign, and he spent nearly as much as he raised in the period. That allowed Portman to extend his cash-on-hand lead to $7.6 million verses Fisher’s $1.8 million as April began.
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